too affectionate

Chapter 49
"By the way, aunt, why are you and Han'er the only two in your family? Are your children not here?"

After Wanyan ate and drank enough, she began to inquire.

Hearing this question, Aunt Gu's smile disappeared immediately, and the light in her eyes dimmed a little bit.

"Hey...it's not all the fault of that dog official Wei Chongjie!" After Aunt Gu sighed heavily, she almost growled, her kind face instantly filled with anger.

"Two years ago, he was the one who said that he wanted to build the levee of the Lingjiang River, and every household had to arrest a strong man. My only son was taken away without even seeing his own unborn child. That's half a year!

I thought this would stop. Although my son is gone, my pregnant daughter-in-law and I can still depend on each other and barely make ends meet.

Unexpectedly, it didn't take long for the government to recruit young men for the new year.If there is no male in the family, a large corvee tax will be paid.

We really can't get it out, those beasts... beasts!Actually... took my daughter-in-law away, but she is still pregnant with a child! "

When she said this, Aunt Gu gritted her teeth with benevolent eyebrows, beat her chest and stamped her feet in grief, and tears ran across her wrinkled cheeks.

Every time the aunt said something, she added more firewood to the anger in Wanyan's heart, and the anger went straight to her head.

"What!? Wei Chongjie is so courageous! Is this a human thing?"

Wanyan yelled angrily, slammed her fist on the table and stood up, as if she was about to rush to the Jiangquan County government office immediately to find Wei Chongjie desperately.

Only halfway through the stand, Heng Li pinned down his wrist and couldn't move.

Wanyan, who was full of anger, looked at Heng Li, only to see that he shook his head slightly, signaling her not to be impulsive.

Wanyan took several deep breaths before she managed to suppress the anger in her heart and sat back down again.

When the aunt recalled this incident, she choked up and trembled, and her speech was intermittent.

"It has been two years since my son left home, and my daughter-in-law has also left for more than a year, and they haven't heard from each other since they left.

I also went to inquire about it, but I didn’t get any news at all. I only heard that the living conditions in the embankment were very difficult. They ate food that mules and horses would not eat, and they were not allowed to sleep well. They had to do heavy work every day. live.

And the guard officers and soldiers are as fierce and cruel as Rakshasa, and they don't treat the captured laborers as human beings at all.They often beat them to vent their anger.

I heard people say that even a young man with a strong body will break down there. That's why we have to recruit new young men every year.

Pity my son who has been weak since he was a child, and his wife is still pregnant, so he must have narrowly escaped death..."

Aunt Gu choked up and couldn't continue speaking.

Wanyan was so angry that she jumped up and down, but she couldn't beat him immediately, she felt very angry.

"Auntie, take it easy." Heng Li said softly, took out a snow-white handkerchief from her bosom, and placed it in front of Aunt Gu.

Aunt Gu picked up her handkerchief and wiped away the tears from her face, but she couldn't calm down for a long time.

"My old woman, half of her body buried in the soil, was originally alone and helpless, without care and care, and really had no hope of living.

Fortunately, the Supreme Being took pity on me and let me pick up a little boy, so I still have a talking partner.Otherwise, no one will know when I die in this room. "

With that said, Aunt Gu turned her head and looked kindly at Han'er who was playing with rags in the corner.

When Han'er heard her name, her watery eyes widened, shining with innocent light.

"He should have fled with his parents, and his parents either died of illness or starved to death, so they left him alone by the roadside.

I thought it was really pitiful to see him alone, so I brought him back and treated him as my poor grandson who was reincarnated. "

Speaking of this, Aunt Gu, who had already stopped crying, couldn't stop crying.

When Wanyan heard what happened to the aunt, she felt angry and hated, bitter and sour in her heart, her eyes were also red, and she stretched out her little hand to cover the hand of the aunt.

"Auntie, your son and daughter-in-law will be fine, and your little grandson will definitely be able to walk. The three of them are on the bank of the Lingjiang River. They will definitely come back when the embankment is repaired this time."

Wanyan comforted softly, and rubbed against the aunt.

"Good boy, listen to my aunt, after you rest for a few days, get out of here quickly and hide in the depths of the forest.

Now that the embankment has collapsed again, the dog officer must have to force labor to repair the embankment again.Kitazawa is young and middle-aged, and they like to catch them the most. You must not be discovered by them. "

When Wanyan and Heng Li heard the words, they turned their heads back at the same time, their eyes met, and after realizing that they had similar thoughts, they turned back again.

"Got it, ma'am, we'll rest for two or three days before continuing on our way." Wanyan leaned on her body obediently, her voice soft and soft.

"We've been bothering you at Da Niang's house for the past few days, if you have any farm work you can't do, just call us.

We are young and vigorous, and we grew up doing farm work. There is nothing we can't do.If I can do my best for the aunt, I can also repay the kindness of the aunt for taking us in. "

Upon hearing Wanyan's words, Aunt Gu wiped away her tears, and her emotions finally eased down.

"I like you at the first glance, you are handsome, and you can talk with a small mouth."

Upon hearing this, Wanyan leaned her small face on the shoulder of the aunt, and smiled harmlessly.

Aunt Gu took Wanyan's hand, patted Wanyan's head again, and said kindly: "But you look like a child from a wealthy family. You don't look like you grew up doing farm work. Woolen cloth?"

When Wanyan heard this, she looked down at her hand held by the aunt, it was indeed white and tender, compared with the hand of the aunt who had been exposed to wind and sun and done all the farm work, it was like a peeled egg.

Seeing that her bragging was exposed, Wanyan couldn't help but coquettishly said: "Oh, ma'am, we are really... not very good at it yet, but we are all very smart and can learn quickly. Can you teach us?"

"Okay, okay!" the aunt said with a smile, and patted Wanyan's little face affectionately.

Aunt Gu wanted a daughter all her life, but she couldn't.Later, his son and daughter-in-law disappeared again.

Seeing the well-behaved and lively Wanyan, the aunt liked it very much.

Heng Li, who was sitting across the table, was completely overwhelmed by Wanyan's familiar skills.

But seeing Wanyan and the aunt's intimacy, I felt a little relieved in my heart.

The kind Aunt Gu may be able to make up for some of the maternal love that Wanyan has never felt.

The dilapidated broken wooden table, the flickering dim candlelight, a girl with someone to cuddle up to, and a boy with soft eyes.

It was just a momentary experience, but in the end it became a memory in the hearts of the two that they could never go back and never forget.

The warm time always flies by, the three of them were chatting, and before they knew it, it was already the middle of the night, and Han'er's sleepy eyelids were already fighting.

The aunt stood up, took out a thin quilt from the side cabinet, and said, "I'll go and clean up the room next to me. You've had a hard day, so go to rest early."

"Okay!" Wanyan smiled happily, and followed the aunt: "I'm with you."

As soon as the aunt and Wanyan went out, Heng Li got up and walked to the corner where Han'er was, and squatted beside Han'er.

Han'er, who was dozing off sleepily, saw this cold-faced brother coming to her, and couldn't help but wake up immediately, rubbed back several times in a row, and looked at Heng Li shivering timidly.

Heng Li was not displeased at all, and stretched out a hand to Han'er.

Seeing Heng Li raising his hand, Han'er thought he was going to hurt herself, so she quickly covered her head with her arms.

Han'er shivered and waited for a long time, but she didn't wait for Heng Li's attack, so she peeked out through the cracks in her arms and saw Heng Li still stretched her arms, holding half of the pancake in her hand.

Han'er lowered her arms, with doubts in her timid eyes, she didn't take the cake right away.

"I can't eat anymore, can you finish it for me?"

Heng Li remained expressionless, and stretched out the pancake in front of Han'er again.

"really?"

Han'er stared straight at the barely eaten pancake in front of her, and couldn't believe it, the tall big brother in front of her couldn't eat it after only eating such a small amount?

"Really." Heng Li nodded seriously.

"That's great!" Han'er happily took the pancake from Heng Li's hand, and bit off half of it in one bite.

"Let me tell you, if my mother hadn't said that there would be another flood in two days, I should eat this cake sparingly, and I could eat seven or eight at a time." Han'er said proudly while eating.

Seeing Han'er eating deliciously, Heng Li couldn't help smiling.

"It's amazing. If Han'er doesn't tell your mother and sister Yan'er, my brother will secretly give you delicious food some other day."

Han'er, who was concentrating on eating cakes, raised her head when she heard the words, and looked at the big brother in front of her.For some reason, it feels like this big brother is not that scary.

"it is good!"

After entering the next room, Wanyan realized that this room was as bare as the previous one, with only a table, a bench, a cabinet, and a bed.

Simple Wanyan is not afraid of simplicity, but there is only one bed here...it is not very convenient.

"Ma'am, there's... only one bed?" Wanyan tangles her fingers and asks a little embarrassedly.

After all, she and Heng Li are pretending siblings, and it seems that there should be nothing wrong with siblings sharing the same bed.

"Yes." The aunt replied kindly, and hurriedly made the bed.

"This house belongs to my son and daughter-in-law, and it hasn't been cleaned for a while."

"That's it."

In order not to reveal their identities, Wanyan hid her concern and picked up a rag to help wipe the dust on the table.

"Yan'er." After making the bed, the aunt walked to Wanyan's side, and looked at Wanyan with a sly smile.

"You and that Mr. Kitazawa are not brother and sister, right?"

(End of this chapter)